NISHA PAHUJA
Nisha Pahuja is a Delhi-born indie filmmaker and documentarist raised in Canada. She shuttles between Mumbai and Toronto on her filmmaking endeavours, which has got her considerable acclaim. Her best known film, The World Before Her (2012), juxtaposes India’s conservative right and the liberal capitalist clique through two camps for women. The first, Durga Vahini, […]
There is A Strory Behind Every NRI Who Succeeds
MD of Kalaari Capital, a company based out of Bengaluru, India, Vani Kola’s leadership at Kalaari centres around her commitment to the development of entrepreneurs and her conviction that Indian companies are poised to become global players. She brings 22 years of Silicon Valley experience as a serial entrepreneur and founder of successful companies to […]
NRI ENTREPRENEURS HURDLES AND OPPORTUNITIES
According to the country’s Ministry of Overseas Indian Aff airs (MOIA), some 25 million people of Indian origin do not live in India, but abroad. Th e Indian government recognizes this Diaspora as People of Indian Origin (PIO). A high-profi le subset of this group (though, strictly speaking, it is a classifi cation for tax […]
INFOSYS FLIPS FOR A SIKKA
Infosys Ltd. appointed the fi rst outsider to head the company a few weeks ago, in the hope that the new bloodline would infuse fresh life at bolstering its struggle to keep relavent and grow in today’s competitive climes, even as India’s second largest IT icon attempts to devolve and evolve from its origins as […]
JAGDISH SEWHANI A NRI WHO CAME TO CAMPAIGN FOR MODI
The run-up to the recently concluded General Elections saw a vast horde of mostly tech-savvy NRIs, businessmen, technocrats and others flocking to the homeland to campaign for those parties thay connected with mentally, philosophically and politically. Most notably, large numbers of NRIs participated in the campaigning, in large part handling the backroom operations, new media […]
India-Born Suri Named New Ceo of Nokia
After Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, the Finnish tech giant Nokia has now announced that a person of Indian origin — Rajiv Suri — will be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment clearly indicates that Nokia would now focus on wireless-network equipment as it faces a new start without the phones that made it famous […]
A Woman Parliamentarian Of Substance
Ruby Dhalla is a Canadian politician. She represented the Riding of Brampton-Springdale in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to an immigrant punjabi family from India, she is being honoured by our government for making history for being among one of […]
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Yugesh Chand is a retired Bank Officer from the Government of Australia, who is now adorned the garb of a a financial planner helping his brethren with post retirement plans. His home in Blacktown, Sydney, may be said to be steeped in Indian culture even in this faraway land down under. He harks from a […]
Connect Next Gen Of Indian Diaspora..Manjit Nijjar
“I am from Punjab and I had completed M.Sc Honours & M.Phil in Biology from GND, Amritsar, in 1982-84, when I was even elected the President of the University Student Council for the year 1982-83. At that time, I was quite an active Youth Congress Member as well. In 1984 I went to the UK […]
Kuhadas Vivekananda – Pioneering Ancestry Tourism
Kuhadas Vivekananda, a resident of Sydney, is an entrepreneur of Indian Origin settled in Australia. As Chairman & Managing Director of Alankit Assignments (Singapore) Pte Ltd, he is the head honcho of an enterprise that offers services to the Indian Diaspora, in the form of facilitating express processing of their applications for Overseas Citizenship of […]
Indian-Born American Music Executive Applauded By OBAMA
Applauded by US President Barack Obama for his contribution to society through music, Inder says he is blessed to be into music, and feels that a lot more needs to be done to promote soul stirring notes.In his brief visit to India a couple of months ago, Inder said, “I feel music should be in […]
Munish Gupta: Media Man For All Seasons
Munish Gupta is a journalist-turned media entrepreneur who has vended his way through the rigours of mainstream Indian journalism, branching off into television and broadcast media, and later also on into ‘narrow-casting’ content to targeted audiences through the Web. Along the way, he has forayed into event management, product launches, providing consultancy for start-ups and […]
Abhilash Tomy, The Life of Another PI
This is about Abhilash Tomy. In a way, this is the story of the life of another Pi. Abhilash is the first, and currently the only Indian to have circumnavigated the globe solo and non-stop in a sail-boat. The magnitude of his achievement can only be comprehended once you know that while almost 6,000 people […]
Kailash Mansarover Yatra- 'A must for every Hindu'
Only a Hindu can really understand what a Kailash Mansarovar Yatra means. It is an ultimate destination for every pilgrim, avers Pt. Rajesh Maharaj from Trindad and Tobago who just returned from the Kailash Mansarover yatra said. Talking to Sangeeta Sharma on his brief stay in Delhi, Pt Rajesh said , ” Kailash Mansarover is […]
A PLACE UNDER THE BRITISH SUN: RAMI RANGER
NRI Achievers every issue profiles diaspora Indians who have made their indelible mark on the societies they live in through their achievements and contributions to the community. This time round, we feature Dr. Rami Ranger, MBE, FRSA, successful British entrepreneur and a conservative-leaning politician who has been honored six times by Her Majesty the Queen, […]
AJAY RAJAN GUPTA: GOOD HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
Ajay Rajan Gupta is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, based and working out of London, UK. NRI Achievers met up with him to seek out some details about the project he and some of his peers have embarked upon in India, which aims for good, affordable health-care for all. We bring you here some excerpts from […]
ALKESH PATEL: WE WILL DEVELOP NEW HOTEL CULTURE
Born in Nadiad, Gujarat and originally from Sojitra, Alkesh Patel migrated to the United States in 1986, where he went to school and graduated. He is the president of familyowned Trupadi, Inc., which owns and manages both branded and boutique hotels. He also serves as a trustee for Portland GSI, a not-for-profit group dedicated to […]
BAHRAIN IS A LIBERAL PLACE …
NRI Achievers had occassion to interact with Dr. Sai Giridhar, who presently serves as the CEO of the Al Hilal Hospital in Bahrain, at the sidelines of an awards function at New Delhi recently. Dr. Giridhar is also involved in the affairs of Indians resident in the Gulf actively. We spoke to him about the […]